Crowe Academy
The Native American in History and MythJune 21, 22, 23 2002
Location: Hanover College Campus
Featured Speakers:
- R. David Edmunds: University of Texas - Dallas - Watson
Professor, History of Ideas. He earned his Ph.D. from the University
of Oklahoma.
Selected Publications: The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire (Francis Parkman Prize); The Shawnee Prophet (Ohiana Prize for Biography); The Fox Wars (Hegoy Prize); Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership; The Otoe-Missouria People; Kinsmen Through Time. Over one hundred articles and essays.
Professional Accomplishments: Served as consultant to many publishers, documentary film makers, museums, and research foundations. Served as the acting director of the Center for History of the American Indian, Newberry Library, Chicago. Fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Newberry Library, and the Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Areas of Specialization: History of Native American people, history of the American West. - Daniel P. Murphy: Professor of History and Associate Director of the Center for Free Inquiry at Hanover College. He earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1988 and joined the Hanover College faculty that same year. He is a 1981 alumnus of Hanover College and is the Founding Director of the CFI. He is currently the program director for CFI's symposium series.
- Fred Shaw (aka Neeake): the official storyteller for the Shawnee Nation United Remnant Band. He has directed his life toward healing and understanding by sharing the stories and wisdom of his people to help listeners understand the importance of the natural world. He illustrates the long-held belief that it is the natural world which will enrich and complete our lives; and, in fact, always has. Today, the problems we face have the solutions right next to them; we just need to know where to look and how to listen. This is the power of the ancient storyteller, who can guide the way to solutions for those with open ears and hearts.
Neeake
- William A. Sinclair: Director, Office of Self-Governance, Office of the Secretary Department of the Interior. Dr. Sinclair is a 1967 graduate of Hanover College who earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He has received several awards for his accomplishments including a Certificate of Recognition; Self-Governance Tribes in 1998 and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in 1989. He will be a guest participant at the round table discussion on Saturday.
- Pauline Turner Strong: Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas - Austin. Author of Captive Selves, Captivating Others: The Politics and Poetics of Colonial American Captivity Narratives.
- Dark Rain Thom: Author of Kohkumthena's Grandchildren
: The Shawnee, James Alexander Thom (Illustrator). She is a Shawnee
Clan mother who lives in a log cabin near Bloomington, Indiana.
Topic: Dark Rain will speak about the Native Americans' reaction to Lewis and Clark.
Dark Rain and James Alexander Thom
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James Alexander Thom: Best-selling author of many books including Spectator Sport; Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition; The Red Heart, Indiana II, The Spirit of the Place: Indiana Hill Country (with Darryl L. Jones); The Children of First Man, Panther in the Sky, Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, and Follow the River. He was born in 1933 in Gosport, Indiana, the son of two physicians. He was in the Marine Corps, graduated from Butler University, was business editor for the Indianapolis Star, was senior editor for the Saturday Evening Post and has been a freelance writer since 1971.
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